Hold the bag and frame so the bag hangs from the frame (is not bunched around the frame). Slide the handle of the grass catcher frame through the slot in the hardtop cover as shown in Figure 8.

baffle, lift the rear discharge door on the mower. Remove the mulching baffle. See Figure 10 inset.

Mulch

Baffle

Grass

Catcher

Handle

Hardtop

Cover

Figure 8

Slide frame through this slot

Place hook

Rear Discharge

Door

on slot here

Figure 10

To attach the grass catcher: Lift the rear

discharge door on the mower. Place the hooks on

the grass catcher into the slots in the handle

Press the rear frame into the two tabs at the back of the hardtop cover and the cross bar on the front frame into the channel on the front of the hardtop cover.

Phillips Head

Screw

Mounting

Bracket

Lock

Nut

Figure 9

Place the mounting bracket under the front of the handle, with the tabs on the bracket facing up. Insert phillips head screw down through the hardtop cover and mounting bracket. Secure with hex lock nut. See Figure 9.

Attaching Grass Catcher To Mower

NOTE: Make certain cables are routed to the outside of the handle so they are not in the way when attaching the grass catcher.

If your mower is equipped with a mulching baffle, it is in place on the mower. To remove the mulching

bracket assemblies. Release the rear discharge

door. See Figure 10.

To remove the grass catcher: Lift the rear

discharge door on the mower as shown in Figure

10. Lift the grass catcher up, out of the slots in the

handle bracket assemblies. Release the rear

discharge door.

WARNING: Never operate the mower unless the hooks on the grass catcher are firmly seated in the slots on the handle bracket assemblies, and the rear discharge door rests firmly against the top of the grass catcher.

Assembling Chute Deflector

(Optional equipment)

If your mower is equipped with the optional chute deflector, assemble as follows.

Tab

Rod

Push

Nut

Chute

Deflector

Figure 11

Slide the rod into the upper edge of the chute deflector so the tab on the rod is toward the left side of the chute deflector. When assembled correctly,

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Yard Machines 410, through 429 manual Assembling Chute Deflector, To attach the grass catcher Lift the rear

21" Rear Discharge Push Mower, through 429, 410 specifications

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